Consumer trends, market data
AI-driven job cuts on the rise in tech sector
As leading tech companies ramp up investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and roll out transformation plans to boost its development, layoffs across the sector are increasing. But are the job...
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14 October 2025
ChatGPT reaches a milestone: 10% of conversations are about shopping, clicks surge
As the use of OpenAI’s search engine becomes part of daily life for more than 40% of Internet users according to Yext, U.S. research firm Sensor Tower has analysed prompts related to shopping. At...
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- Economy and regulators
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13 October 2025
Peak season: 74% of Singaporeans rely on AI for holiday shopping
In Singapore (population of 6 million), shoppers are turning en-masse to artificial intelligence for end-of-year shopping. According to The Asian Business Review and data from the U.S. media...
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- News brief
15 September 2025
[2025 Fashion Barometer] Inditex, Fast Retailing, Shein, Nike… Who is really winning the battle for profits?
Which omnichannel fashion retailers boosted online sales during the last financial year? How has their store network evolved? What is the impact on profitability? In the 3rd edition of our...
10 September 2025
AI, customs duties… job losses surge in US retail
In the United States, according to a report by labour market specialist Challenger Gray & Christmas (CGC) published on July 31, 2025, retailers cut 80,487 jobs between January and July 2025...
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8 August 2025
[E-commerce Barometer 2025] France, United Kingdom, Germany… traditional markets return to 2021 peak
In 2024, online product sales doubled (up by 5.4%) in the 6 main Western European markets of the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, driven by lower inflation and...
4 August 2025
European retail: distress levels not seen since the 2009 financial crisis
According to the Weil European Distress Index published on June 26, 2025, the retail sector is now the most distressed in Europe. With a distress index of 8.7% in May 2025, European retail...
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30 June 2025
Footwear: 80% of Asian sourcing weakened by the effects of climate change
With the Digital Product Passport set to impose greater transparency and traceability on textile production chains from 2027, Scott Kelly, an Economist at Risilience, warned on June 23, 2025, of...
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27 June 2025
An additional US$14.8 billion to boost the South Korean economy?
In South Korea (population in 2024: 30 million), the government proposed on June 19 a second budget of US$14.8 billion to stimulate consumption in the country, which has been sluggish for a year...
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20 June 2025
U.S. GDP fell and commercial vacancy rose in Q1
While the impact of tariffs began to affect the US economy in Q1, with GDP falling by 0.3%, retail space occupancy rates did not improve.
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12 May 2025
With active support from Beijing, Chinese retail is beginning a fragile recovery
Boosted by government intervention, retail sales ended up 4.6% in the first quarter ended March 2025 in China (year-on-year). Last year, they ended at 3.2% at the end of December 2024. According...
6 May 2025
In a booming second-hand market, 2nd Street continues Asian expansion
Japanese second-hand specialist 2nd Street continues to expand, opening a first store in Singapore at the end of April in the 313@Somerset centre (26,800 sq.m of net leasable area). The 575 sq.m...
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- News brief
9 April 2025
In France, BNPL use declines in 2024
According to a 4th edition of the Floa – Kantar barometer measuring changes in payment practices in Europe (4,916 respondents), 66% of French people used a payment by instalments solution in...
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- News brief
4 April 2025
U.S. shoppers, nervous about Trump’s policies, are cutting back on non-essential purchases
On March 17, 2025, the Department of Commerce published the retail sales figures for the U.S.A. In February, these increased moderately by 0.2% in a month, below the forecast of a rise of 0.6%...
19 March 2025
China: Cosmetics, luxury goods and fashion collapsed in 2024
In China, total retail sales slowed in 2024. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, they increased by 3.8% in value last year (excluding automobiles), after a rise of 7.3% in 2023. The...
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- News brief
13 February 2025
[Inflation Barometer] Despite inflation stabilising in 2024, European retail is still being penalised by prices that are too high
In 2024, inflation reached a moderate level of +2.4% in both the Eurozone and the U.S.A. In the long term, the gap in terms of consumption is real: over 3 years, food inflation reached +25% in...
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4 February 2025
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The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...
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4 September 2026
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...
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21 August 2026
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E-commerce: click-through rate down by 5.4% since Google AIO launch in France
mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...
20 August 2026